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2,000 years in the making, it is one of the greatest engineering accomplishments of mankind. It is the symbol of China’s history, power and perseverance. Qin Shihuang, the founder of China (of Terra Cotta soldier fame) built a massive barrier to keep the Mongols out in 200 BCE. Then the Ming Dynasty built it even better and longer in the 15th Century. Learn why and how this project – more difficult than the pyramids – was done. “You are not a man of courage if you do not climb the Great Wall.”